T.J. Yeldon (RB, JAC) - 2016 Fantasy Football Sleeper

BALLER MOVE: Target ~85 CURRENT ADP: 95.7 ANALYSIS: T.J. Yeldon’s fantasy value both took a hellacious hit when Jacksonville signed Chris Ivory in the offseason. Yeldon touched the ball at least 15 times in nine games last season, but he is unlikely to replicate that workload. While Yeldon is more of a slasher and Ivory […]

James Starks (RB, GB) - 2016 Fantasy Football Sleeper

BALLER MOVE: Target ~130 CURRENT ADP: 142.3 ANALYSIS: James Starks has found success as both a workhorse and a third-down, complementary back. The 2015 season was the best of Starks’ career, as he set new personal bests in both rushing and receiving yards while adding five touchdowns, another career-high. Eddie Lacy’s weight battle has been […]

Giovani Bernard (SP, CIN) - 2016 Fantasy Football Sleeper

BALLER MOVE: Target ~70 CURRENT ADP: 82.2 ANALYSIS: Giovani Bernard is not your traditional handcuff back. He is more of a complementary back to Jeremy Hill. Both will get their touches over the course of a game and a season. With Marvin Jones and Mohamed Sanu no longer in Cincinnati, Bernard’s pass-catching skills may be […]

Charles Sims (RB, TB) - 2016 Fantasy Football Sleeper

BALLER MOVE: Target ~110 CURRENT ADP: 121.2 ANALYSIS: Doug Martin rushed for 1,402 yards last year, trailing only Adrian Peterson in the rushing race, but he does have a checkered fantasy history.  While he topped the 1,400-yard plateau in 2012 and 2015, his 2013 and 2014 seasons were fiascos due to his injuries and inconsistent […]

DeAngelo Williams (RB, PIT) - 2016 Fantasy Football Sleeper

BALLER MOVE: Target ~75 CURRENT ADP: 85.5 ANALYSIS: Le’Veon Bell is one of the best backs in the NFL, but he cannot keep his talented feet on the field. DeAngelo Williams shined when Bell suffered his season-ending knee injury last season, sprinting for 801 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns in the 10 games he started. […]

Running Back Handcuffs to Avoid in 2016

The only thing less exciting than drafting a running back to handcuff the top tailback on your fantasy football team is drafting a third-string running back who is not handcuffing anybody. My last two articles revolved around the handcuff running backs that fantasy owners should eye down during their draft days.  This article deals with […]

C.J. Prosise (RB, SEA) - 2016 Fantasy Football Sleeper

BALLER MOVE: Target ~125 CURRENT ADP: 137.8 ANALYSIS: C.J. Prosise has just one year of experience as a running back under his belt, totaling more than 1,000 rushing yards and 12 total touchdowns as a junior at Notre Dame in 2015. Nine-year veteran Marshawn Lynch retired this offseason, opening the door for Thomas Rawls, who […]

Duke Johnson (RB, CLE) - 2016 Fantasy Football Sleeper

BALLER MOVE: Target ~65 CURRENT ADP: 80 ANALYSIS: Duke Johnson is an elite athlete who has the potential to change an entire offense. His game has yet to fully translate to the NFL, but his skills as a pass-catcher out of the backfield have already been on display— he finished fifth among running backs in receiving […]

Tevin Coleman (RB, ATL) - 2016 Fantasy Football Sleeper

BALLER MOVE: Target ~115 CURRENT ADP: 128.7 ANALYSIS: A preseason injury for Devonta Freeman led to Tevin Coleman being named the starter for the Falcons in 2015. He rushed for 80 yards on 20 carries in Week 1, but suffered a fractured rib early in Week 2. He returned in Week 12, and finished his rookie […]

Ameer Abdullah (RB, DET) - 2016 Fantasy Football Sleeper

BALLER MOVE: Target ~70 CURRENT ADP: 80.5 ANALYSIS: Ameer Abdullah finished the 2015 campaign with 597 rushing yards, 183 receiving yards and three total touchdowns. There were also the pesky fumbling issues that followed him up from the University of Nebraska. Abdullah had just six games with double-digit carries last season and only two games […]

Carlos Hyde - The Road to an RB1 Overall Season

Once upon a time, in a fantasy football land far, far away, running backs were the most sought after possession on fantasy championship rosters. Running backs ruled the football landscape, carrying offenses on their backs, and getting dubbed studs and workhorses in the process. From Emmitt Smith to Barry Sanders, from Marshall Faulk to LaDainian […]

Will Tye (TE, NYG) - 2016 Fantasy Football Sleeper

BALLER MOVE: Target ~225 CURRENT ADP: 246 ANALYSIS: Will Tye emerged as the No. 1 tight end on the Giants’ depth chart late in the 2015 season. From Week 9 on, he averaged a little over four catches (4.25 to be exact) and 48 yards, with three touchdowns over his last four games. His standard […]

Devin Funchess (WR, CAR) - 2016 Fantasy Football Sleeper

BALLER MOVE: Target ~155 CURRENT ADP: 167 ANALYSIS: Devin Funchess, entering his second season out of Michigan, stands a chiseled 6’5’’ and 236 lbs. When Kelvin Benjamin was sidelined for the entirety of the 2015 season with a left ACL tear, Funchess became an immediate fantasy sleeper, but was simply not polished enough to make an […]

Matt Jones (RB, WAS) - 2016 Fantasy Football Sleeper

BALLER MOVE: Target ~50 CURRENT ADP: 57.7 ANALYSIS: Matt Jones is bigger than the average NFL running back, listed at 6’1” and 231 lbs with above-average strength and a muscular frame. He accumulated nearly 800 yards from scrimmage last season as Alfred Morris’ backup, including 490 on the ground. A talented receiving back, he averaged 16 […]

Tyler Boyd (WR, CIN) - 2016 Fantasy Football Sleeper

BALLER MOVE: Target ~180 CURRENT ADP: 192 ANALYSIS: Rookie wideout Tyler Boyd is stepping into an ideal situation with the Bengals. The second-round pick has the opportunity to produce right away, as the departures of Marvin Jones and Mohamed Sanu leave Cincinnati without 98 receptions and 1,210 receiving yards from last year. At 6'1" and 195 lbs, Boyd […]

Eli Manning - The Road to a QB1 Overall Season

477.16, 442.14, 551.98, 471.58. Those are the point totals for the number one fantasy QB for the past four years in a league awarding 1 point per 25 yards passing, 1 point per 10 yards rushing, and 6 points for all TDs. Throw out Peyton Manning's 551.98 point record-breaking outlier of a season where his […]

The Next Best Four Running Back Handcuffs

My last article was about the top four handcuff running backs in fantasy football.  This article is about the next four. Not all handcuff running backs are built equally. Some are obvious backups that will only get more than five touches per game if the man ahead of them on the depth chart pulls a hamstring […]

2016 Fantasy Football Sleeper - Wide Receiver Chris Hogan

Even though the Buffalo Bills had a resurgence at the quarterback position last season with the improved play of Tyrod Taylor, Chris Hogan's year-to-year stats fell in targets, catches and touchdowns from 2014 to 2015. So what's his outlook for the 2016 fantasy football season? I'm glad you asked, because I like his current ADP […]

2016 Fantasy Football Sleeper - C.J. Prosise

Bias. It's a prejudice best left out of fantasy sports, yet I couldn't help but feel it when the Seattle Seahawks drafted C.J. Prosise. The biggest reason? Because I have Thomas Rawls in my league of record and the selection of Prosise worries me in terms of Rawls' value. Prosise is a talented, multi-dimensional back […]

2016 Fantasy Football Sleeper - Ameer Abdullah

I was a huge fan of Ameer Abdullah entering the 2015 NFL season. Abdullah was a highly touted running back out of the University of Nebraska who was best known for his shifty footwork, ability to make people miss and his pass catching skills out of the backfield. His potential in fantasy football seemed limitless, as […]

Boom or Bust - Doug Baldwin, Jordan Matthews, and Golden Tate

We all know who the top receivers in the league are and they will be gone sooner than ever this season in fantasy drafts. When the middle rounds come, it will be time to choose between receivers who are expected to lead their respective teams in targets, but aren't proven in that role. In this […]

2016 Fantasy Football Sleeper - Running Back Tevin Coleman

Most of the fantasy football world has heard the name Tevin Coleman, but unless you follow college athletics closely, you may not know much about him. The reasoning is because other than leaving his mark in the NCAA record books, he hasn’t done much in his short football career. Tevin Coleman was the 73rd overall pick […]

Top Handcuff Running Backs for 2016

While the NFL has now transformed into a pass-first league that relies on quarterbacks and wide receivers more than it does running backs, the same cannot be said for fantasy football. Running backs are even more important now in fantasy football than they used to be 5-10 years.  That is because there are fewer workhorses that […]

2016 Fantasy Football Sleeper - Running Back Duke Johnson

What a time to be a Cleveland sports fan. The Cavaliers won an NBA title, the Indians have a 4.5 game division lead (as I write this), and Browns football is on the horizon. Yes, I know the Browns haven’t been exciting in a long time. Yes, I know Robert Griffin III will be the quarterback […]

2016 Fantasy Football Sleeper - Quarterback Ryan Tannehill

It’s worth noting , for those of us stressing about our fantasy football drafts this year, quarterback is usually not the first position we worry about. In the first 47 picks, only two quarterbacks come off the board per Fantasy Football Calculator ADP. As fantasy players continue to draft quarterback later and later, Ryan Tannehill […]

2016 Fantasy Football ADP Analysis - Derek Carr vs. Eli Manning

It's never too early to start preparing for your fantasy football drafts, and RotoBaller is here to help. In this series, two RotoBaller experts will discuss the merits of two players with similar value and average draft position (ADP). Remember that situations will change for all players over the course of the summer and it may […]

2016 Fantasy Football ADP Analysis - DeVante Parker vs. Jarvis Landry

It's never too early to start preparing for your fantasy football drafts, and RotoBaller is here to help. In this series, two RotoBaller experts will discuss the merits of two players with similar value and average draft position (ADP). Remember that situations will change for all players over the course of the summer and it may […]

2016 Fantasy Football Draft Values - Wide Receivers: Davante Adams, Ty Montgomery, Jeff Janis

One of the top ways to find sleepers each year is to scan the depth charts of the NFL's top offenses. Any time that Aaron Rodgers is the quarterback for an offense, it will be considered one of the tops offenses in the NFL and receivers in that offense will be intriguing fantasy options. After […]

2016 Player vs. Player - Sterling Shepard vs. Sammie Coates

It's never too early to start preparing for your fantasy football drafts, and Rotoballer is here to help! In this series, two RotoBaller experts will discuss the merits of two players with similar value and average draft position (ADP). Remember that situations will change for all players over the course of the summer and it may […]

Josh Gordon Reinstated and Suspended 4 Games - Where To Draft Him?

Oft-suspended wide receiver Josh Gordon was reinstated on Monday by the NFL. Now Gordon just needs to serve out a four game suspension and keep clean for the next 10 weeks before he can suit up for the Browns in week 5. He will be allowed to use team facilities during the suspension. This is […]